While legislation such as the Wilderness Act of 1964, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 are embedded in many Americans' idea of government responsibility for the environment, these laws are being revisited.
Privately-funded efforts to save this regal bird from extinction had been underway for some time at that point, and the federal government began its own efforts in 1966 with the passage of the Endangered Species Preservation Act, the precursor to the more comprehensive Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973.
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You may feel that way but it is a significant problem because of the Endangered Species Act and other similar bits of statute.
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To put those numbers in perspective, between 1994 and 2006 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service received petitions to list average of 20 species a year and a total of 1, 374 species have been listed in the 37-year history of the Endangered Species Act.
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Congress has invoked its commerce power to pass a vast array of laws, from the Endangered Species Act to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, often over conservative complaints that such regulation exceeded the intent of the Constitution's framers.
But even producers on private lands, where the boom has taken place, are subjected to a steadily growing assortment of federal regulations and Endangered Species Act listings, which we discussed here a couple of weeks ago.
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Manatees are listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Senator James Buckley, Bill Buckley's brother, was a leading supporter of the Endangered Species Act.
The organization has long been a strong proponent of the Endangered Species Act, using it to further its work.
More controversially, Mr Bamberger was the only private property owner in the country who testified in front of a House committee in Washington in favour of the Endangered Species Act.
Environmentalists were supposed to have their day in court in May to appeal the 1997 ruling by Wyoming District Court Judge William Downes that said the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park was a violation of the Endangered Species Act.
Because of federal dams operating on the Snake River, every species of salmon has been listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act.
HCPs, have become the tool of choice within the Endangered Species Act for preserving wildlife and fragile ecosystems.
The Endangered Species Act gets a lot of flack for its budget, its long project trajectories, and its ability to hinder development planned by businesses and landowners.
Congress is due to debate the reauthorisation of two bits of green legislation, the Endangered Species Act and Superfund, which deals with contaminated land.
When gray wolves were listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1974, Minnesota hosted one of the only remaining populations of the animals in the lower 48 states.
Atlantic salmon may at last receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to an announcement by Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt Thursday.
In addition, a wide range of laws protecting wildlife and plants, including the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, also were significant accomplishments.
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The forthcoming debates over Superfund and the Endangered Species Act both raise awkward questions about how to balance protection of the environment against the rights of property owners.
In 1997 the services jointly withdrew a proposed rule to list Atlantic salmon in seven Maine rivers under the Endangered Species Act, resulting in a lawsuit led by the Defenders of Wildlife.
To further complicate matters, the Endangered Species Act requires the Corps to release enough water to maintain dwindling populations of rare mussels and sturgeon in the lower reaches of the two rivers.
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They argue that the BLM had violated the federal Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws by failing to adequately consider the impact of the wind farm on condors, golden eagles and other protected wildlife when it leased the project site to NextEra, the Florida-based energy developer.
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Holder said his lawyers are looking for potential violations of the Clean Water Act, The Oil Pollution Act, The Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Endangered Species Acts, and other criminal statutes.
"Science is only part of the debate for public policy-makers who want to consider the societal cost of loosing those dams, but societal cost is not considered in the Endangered Species Act, " Levy said.
One of Pombo's main projects in that job has been to rewrite the Endangered Species Act in a way that would aid companies like Pacific Lumber, environmental activists say, at the expense of threatened species.
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In addition to common business challenges like financing and securing customer contracts, the group has spent the better part of the last ten years navigating the National Environmental Policy Act, which means showing why a refinery won't negatively affect everything from flowers and shrubs to endangered species of animals.
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